13 "Top Chef" alumni land James Beard nominations, reinforcing the show’s culinary legacy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

13 "Top Chef" alumni land James Beard nominations, reinforcing the show’s culinary legacy

Salon  

“Top Chef” has done it again. As we’ve reported, “Top Chef” is a competitive reality show that stands out in its category. This year alone, 13 “Top Chef” alumni have been nominated as semifinalists for James Beard Awards. Of course, there’s a bit of a “chicken and egg” situation here: Some “Top Chef” contestants come to the show with established reputations, while others grow into formidable contenders during or after the competition. One category features two “Top Chef” alumni competing for Best Chef: Southeast—Bradley and Shanti.

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"Top Chef" returns, heading to Canada with 15 exceptionally talented chefs competing for the title
1 month, 3 weeks ago

"Top Chef" returns, heading to Canada with 15 exceptionally talented chefs competing for the title

Salon  

“Top Chef” is returning sooner than you think — and this time, it's off to Canada! In addition, the winner will also "have the opportunity" to present at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in Chicago. Lastly, the show will feature near-endless appearances from the most accomplished in the worlds of culinary arts, culture, food, television, film and the …

Nearly 20 L.A. and Orange County chefs and restaurants are 2025 James Beard Awards semifinalists
2 months ago

Nearly 20 L.A. and Orange County chefs and restaurants are 2025 James Beard Awards semifinalists

LA Times  

This morning some of the country’s top chefs, restaurants and beverage professionals garnered industry-wide recognition with the announcement of the 2025 James Beard Award’s semifinalists. It’s a little bit of a silver lining, it’s generally an all-around warm feeling.” Other new semifinalists in the category include Baroo’s Kwang Uh, though a previous version of Baroo was a semifinalist for the …

Exclusive: A sneak peek at the "Top Chef: Wisconsin" finale
9 months ago

Exclusive: A sneak peek at the "Top Chef: Wisconsin" finale

Salon  

And just like that, we're down to it! Thirteen weeks of competition have all led up to one of the biggest moments in food, the restaurant industry and competitive reality TV: The "Top Chef" finale. As host Kristen Kish tells us at the start of every episode, the winner gets a feature in "Food & Wine Magazine," an appearance at …

Charleston chef becomes first West Virginian to take home a James Beard Award
9 months, 1 week ago

Charleston chef becomes first West Virginian to take home a James Beard Award

Salon  

The annual James Beard Awards — hailed as the biggest night for all things food and drink — took place Monday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Paul Smith, chef at 1010 Bridge in Charleston, West Virginia, and winner of Best Chef: Southeast, made history by becoming the first West Virginian to take home a James Beard Award. Lord Maynard …

Palestinian DC chef and Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans win coveted James Beard Awards
9 months, 1 week ago

Palestinian DC chef and Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans win coveted James Beard Awards

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A Palestinian chef using ancient cooking techniques, a Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans and an upscale Thai restaurant in Oregon won coveted James Beard Awards Monday at a red carpet awards ceremony in Chicago. More than 100 restaurants were finalists across 22 categories for the culinary world’s equivalent of the Oscars with diverse range of cuisine and chef …

An eclectic mix of restaurants and chefs are vying for the coveted James Beard Awards
9 months, 1 week ago

An eclectic mix of restaurants and chefs are vying for the coveted James Beard Awards

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy From Seattle pho shops to …

This L.A. chef just won the James Beard award for Best Chef: California
9 months, 1 week ago

This L.A. chef just won the James Beard award for Best Chef: California

LA Times  

Chef-owner Lord Maynard Llera inside his modern-Filipino restaurant Kuya Lord on Melrose Avenue. The James Beard Foundation Awards, often regarded as the most prestigious national restaurant awards in America, took place June 10 in Chicago, celebrating culinary and beverage professionals across a range of cuisines, price points and locales — and one Los Angeles chef took home the region’s biggest …

18 L.A. chefs and restaurants named semifinalists for 2024 James Beard Awards
1 year, 1 month ago

18 L.A. chefs and restaurants named semifinalists for 2024 James Beard Awards

LA Times  

Hollywood’s Luv2Eat Thai Bistro just earned its first semifinalist nod from the James Beard Foundation. Rashida Holmes of Caribbean pop-up — and soon to be restaurant — Bridgetown Roti was a nominee in last year’s emerging chef category but this year is a semifinalist for outstanding chef along with Jeremy Fox of Santa Monica’s Birdie G’s and the Rustic Canyon …

For Padma Lakshmi, connecting with people is the key ingredient to her series
1 year, 7 months ago

For Padma Lakshmi, connecting with people is the key ingredient to her series

LA Times  

Padma Lakshmi explores immigrant cuisines throughout the U.S. in Hulu’s “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi.” In its first season, Hulu’s “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” set itself apart from other food travel shows by exploring immigrant cuisines throughout the U.S. Before that, Lakshmi could “count on one hand” the times she’d interviewed people in any serious way. On …

James Beard Awards represent the new American palate
1 year, 9 months ago

James Beard Awards represent the new American palate

Al Jazeera  

Immigrants and the children of immigrants sweep this year’s James Beard Awards for culinary excellence. For the first time, the James Beard Awards has made space for immigrants at the culinary table. But despite their overdue formal recognition, the chefs and restaurateurs who power the industry remain unrecognised and stigmatised outside this awards ceremony. In this episode: Yara Elmjouie host …

This is L.A.’s big year for James Beard Awards — and what that means
1 year, 9 months ago

This is L.A.’s big year for James Beard Awards — and what that means

LA Times  

Anajak Thai chef and co-owner Justin Pichetrungsi, who has taken over his family’s generational Thai restaurant in Sherman Oaks, won the James Beard Award as best chef: California on Monday. “Awards and recognition mean everything, and they mean nothing.” That’s how I concluded my thoughts this time last year on the results of the annual James Beard Foundation awards. Anajak …

Amid scrutiny, the James Beard Foundation awards 5 L.A. restaurants, chefs and writers
1 year, 9 months ago

Amid scrutiny, the James Beard Foundation awards 5 L.A. restaurants, chefs and writers

LA Times  

Dubbed the “biggest night of the year for the culinary industry” and “the Oscars of food,” the James Beard Foundation’s annual restaurant and dining awards are some of the highest accolades that chefs, restaurateurs and others in the industry can garner. Echo Park sake bar Ototo — which Addison dubbed “L.A.’s best sake bar” last year — won in the …

James Beard Award Winners 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

James Beard Award Winners 2023

BBC  

James Beard Award Winners 2023 ZUMA Press Inc/Alamy The James Beard Awards are heralded as "the Oscars of the food industry" in the US Headliners include Rob Rubba of Oyster Oyster in Washington DC, Damarr Brown's Virtue in Chicago, Portland-based Kann by Gregory Gourdet, and Friday Saturday Sunday in Philadelphia. The US' annual James Beard Awards were announced on 5 …

Nearly 20 L.A. chefs and restaurants named semifinalists for 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards
2 years, 1 month ago

Nearly 20 L.A. chefs and restaurants named semifinalists for 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards

LA Times  

Bridgetown Roti’s chef-founder Rashida Holmes, who serves exciting roti, doubles and other Caribbean dishes, is a first-time James Beard semifinalist. While some of L.A.’s semifinalists are first-time contenders for the James Beard Foundation Awards, numerous 2023 names have previously appeared as semifinalists, some as many as eight times. As he was in 2022, Greg Dulan — of South L.A.’s Dulan’s …

Critics Choice Real TV Awards: Top Chef leads all nominees with nods in five categories
2 years, 10 months ago

Critics Choice Real TV Awards: Top Chef leads all nominees with nods in five categories

Firstpost  

While Top Chef leads the nominations with nods in 5 categories including best competition series, best culinary show and best ensemble cast in an unscripted series, the OTT giant Netflix earned 20 nods overall with projects recognized in 20 categories. Here are the nominations: BEST COMPETITION SERIES Chopped Making It RuPaul’s Drag Race The Amazing Race Top Chef The Great …

James Beard Awards 2019: Zahav named best restaurant in the US
5 years, 10 months ago

James Beard Awards 2019: Zahav named best restaurant in the US

CNN  

CNN — A trip to see the best restaurant in the United States will take you to … Israel? Turkish Hummus at Zahav courtesy Alexandra Hawkins/Zahav For those who aren’t familiar, the James Beard Awards are like the Oscars of the food world. Since 1990, the nonprofit James Beard Foundation, named after “the father of American cuisine,” has been honoring …

Los Angeles chefs once again snubbed at the James Beard Awards
6 years, 10 months ago

Los Angeles chefs once again snubbed at the James Beard Awards

LA Times  

After eight award nominations, Providence chef Michael Cimarusti has once again been snubbed by the James Beard Foundation. Cimarusti was one of a handful of talented Los Angeles chefs who were left empty handed after Monday night’s awards ceremony, held at the Lyric Opera in Chicago. At this rate, Cimarusti — who is also behind West Hollywood seafood restaurant Connie …

Zingerman’s Deli nominated for James Beard Award
7 years ago

Zingerman’s Deli nominated for James Beard Award

Associated Press  

Zingerman’s Delicatessen in Ann Arbor has been nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Service. Zingerman’s Roadhouse’s former chef Alex Young won the Best Chef: Great Lakes award in 2011, and Zingerman’s Deli co-founder Ari Weinzweig was named the winner of the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in American in 2006. Considered the Oscars …

Some of L.A.’s best chefs snubbed at the James Beard Awards
7 years, 10 months ago

Some of L.A.’s best chefs snubbed at the James Beard Awards

LA Times  

From left, Los Angeles James Beard Award nominees Travis Lett of Gjelina, Jeremy Fox of Rustic Canyon, Michael Cimarusti of Providence and Ludo Lefebvre of Trois Mec. Despite this city’s bustling, diverse, lauded culinary scene, Los Angeles chefs and restaurants didn’t win a single award at Monday night’s 27th annual James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago. Michael Cimarusti, Jeremy Fox, …

Where you can find top female chefs across the USA
7 years, 10 months ago

Where you can find top female chefs across the USA

CNN  

CNN — The James Beard Awards are the Oscars of the food world, coveted by American chefs and food professionals every year. “The whole dish is smoky, woodsy and luxurious without being heavy.” Favorite dish by someone else: “The best meal I’ve had in the last several years was at Hanjan in New York. “Most importantly, though, it showed that …

James Beard Awards 2013 honor food world’s finest; L.A. not included. Brutal.
11 years, 10 months ago

James Beard Awards 2013 honor food world’s finest; L.A. not included. Brutal.

LA Times  

The James Beard Foundation Awards -- the Academy Awards of the food world -- were distributed Monday night in New York, and it was a victory for women but a shutout for Southern California. The winner for outstanding chef, the last award in a long, eventful gala, was a tie between David Chang of New York’s Momofuku Noodle Bar and …

Foreign-born chefs nominated for top American award
14 years, 11 months ago

Foreign-born chefs nominated for top American award

China Daily  

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 去听写专区一展身手 Spanish tapas and Vietnamese pho are a world apart in origin and taste. The James Beard Foundation said Spanish native Jose Andres, who owns Minibar in Washington and Charles Phan, who was born in Vietnam and operates The Slanted Door in San Francisco, were nominated for its outstanding US chef award. The three other finalists were born in …

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